BY PRUDENCE WANZA – A doctor attached to the ministry of health has been charged with conspiracy to defraud land valued at 20 million
The accused, Jonah Onentia Magare is defraud Joshua Chiefta Gichana Magare of his land situated at Green Field measuring 0.0098 hectares , conspired to register the said land to himself.
He was also charged with forging a letter of authority to transfer lease title dated 28thFebruary, 2011 purporting it to be genuine, signed by Joshua Magare of the said land.
Prosecution further accused Magare of obtaining registration of the said land fraudulently through the certificate of lease on 21st January, 2011 at Nairobi Land Registry.
On 22nd May, 2019,Mary Moraa Mogire who is said to be wife to Joshua Chiefta was charged in court with conspiring to defraud her husband the same parcel of land at greenfield.
Mogire was also charged with conspiring with others not before court to defraud her husband by registering the parcel to Onentiah on or before March 5, 2011.
The case will be mentioned on 2nd July, 2019 for the two files to be consolidated since the two were charged at different times.
Magare was released on a cash bail 500,000 and bond of 1 million.